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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests
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Publication List
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NSF Highlight of our work
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Mathematical Biology Seminar
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Teaching Related
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MAC 2312 (Spring 2010)
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MAP 6938 (Spring 2010)
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MAC 2311 (Autumn 2009)
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MAP 2302 (Autumn 2009)
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MAC 1930H (Spring 2009)
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MAP 2302 (Spring 2009)
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MAC 1930H (Autumn 2008)
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Society for Mathematical Biology
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European Soc. for Math. and Theor. Biol.
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Register of Ecological Models
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SORTIE (forest simulator)
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Research Summary
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I use mathematical approaches to address problems that arise in biology.
Recently, my work has centered on three main areas of theoretical
ecology: competition between species (plant
competition for sunlight, interactions at multiple spatial scales,
directed movement along resource gradients, and structured resources),
the spatial spread of epidemic diseases
(rabies and others), and the evolution of
optimal choice (state-based decision-making in foraging gray jays,
the honeybee nest-site selection process, and animal-mediated seed
dispersal). I am also interested in predator-prey and mutualistic
interactions; species persistence and permanence within ecological
communities; the dynamics of spatially (or otherwise) structured
populations; classical and social foraging theory; the behavior
and physiology of animals and plants; and formulating ecological models
that make use of mechanistic reasoning and principles.
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